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[Chrissie]

Being obsessive about research is NOT a bad thing. Except maybe for your wallet. Have fun. I can see you have already thrown yourself into the book with complete enthusiasm.

[Lisa]

Lauren wrote: "Four stars for Ape House not as good as Water for Elephants though. Next up is Life As We Knew It"

Ooh. I loved Life As We Knew It, and also the second book The Dead and the Gone (though that one is so much darker than the first) but I wasn't as thrilled with the third book in the trilogy.

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Being obsessive about research is NOT a bad thing. Except maybe for your wallet. Have fun. I can see you have already thrown yourself into the book with complete enthusiasm."

That's why I often stay away from Amazon, research is tempting for someone who is book obsessed and the Amazon recommendations are also too tempting at times.

[Kathy]

Finished my reread of Dead in the Family last night and started on the new one, Dead Reckoning. I did take notes. LOL! I actually enjoyed the reread. The Sookie books are such a lot of fun with vamps, fairies, Weres, and other supes.

[Darkpool]

Kathy wrote: "Finished my reread of Dead in the Family last night and started on the new one, Dead Reckoning. I did take notes. LOL! I actually enjoyed the reread. The Sookie bo..."

So cross I totally forgot to reserve the new Sookie at the library until about 2 weeks ago, so I'll be waiting until near Christmas before I get to the top of the list. Arrggh!!

[Kathy]

Darkpool wrote: "Kathy wrote: "Finished my reread of Dead in the Family last night and started on the new one, Dead Reckoning. I did take notes. LOL! I actually enjoyed the reread. ..."

Oh no, Darkpool. Hope it's not that long. LOL!

[Readingcureall]

I actually just finished Chasing Amanda by Melissa Foster. I loved it. However I was not sure where to post this I just saw you can try to win a kindle on her site. I am going to try for my jealous hubby for fathers day. lol Thought you all might be interested too.

[[deleted user]]

I've just started my first Agatha Christie book - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd!

[Manybooks]

Shelley wrote: "I've just started my first Agatha Christie book - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd!"

I must be getting senile, I thought the title said "The Murder of Dan Ackroyd" the actor (what does that mean).

[[deleted user]]

I am reading In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

[Lauren]

Christine wrote: "I am reading In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin[bookcover:In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berl..."

I just bought this book last night - it will be sitting on my bookshelf for a while. You will have to let me know how it is.

[[deleted user]]

Gundula wrote: "Shelley wrote: "I've just started my first Agatha Christie book - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd!"

I must be getting senile, I thought the title said "The Murder of Dan Ackroyd" the acto..."

Gundula, that's hilarious! Now, I'm going to be thinking about Dan Ackroyd through the whole book.

[Manybooks]

Shelley wrote: "Gundula wrote: "Shelley wrote: "I've just started my first Agatha Christie book - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd!"

I must be getting senile, I thought the title said "The Murder of Dan..."

Oops, I hope you still enjoy the book (or maybe you'll enjoy it even more this way).

[Lisa]

Lauren wrote: "Christine wrote: "I am reading In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin and I'm interested in it because I loved Moloka'i so much, I wanted to read a non-fiction account of the place.

[Chrissie]

Christine, I would love to hear your thoughts as you read through Larsson's latest! I LOVED learning about Olmsted in his book on the Chicago fair. But how many writer can continue produceing winner after winner? Sooner or later they dry up.....

[[deleted user]]

I was unable to find more than a few minutes of reading time yesterday so I've only read the first few chapters so far. I am hooked though because it is already so interesting! I can't wait to get back to it.

Lisa, congratulations on winning this one!

[Chrissie]

Lisa and Christine, I am curious b/c I have read both positive and negative reviews.

[[deleted user]]

Chrissie wrote: "Lisa and Christine, I am curious b/c I have read both positive and negative reviews."

Well, I still have a lot to go so I guess it's too early for an opinion. It has started well though.

[Chrissie]

Christine, a good start is better than a bad start. My fingers are crossed. I bet you are going to be more drawn into the story about Martha rather than her father..... I hope I am proven wrong. I hope both characters are intersting. And the time and the place.

[Lauren]

Chrissie - have you ever read Eric Larsson's other book Thunderstruck? I enjoyed this one too.

[Chrissie]

No, I haven't. I will check it out. Thank you, Lauren.

[Kathy]

Lisa wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Christine wrote: "I am reading In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin. I so want and need to read it, too. I loved Moloka'i and am planning on visiting there this summer. I'm going to Hawaii when my husband goes on business, and I'll have time to do whatever I want, and what I want is to take a day trip to Molokai.

[Readingcureall]

Thank you for reminding me. I had heard about " In the Garden of Beasts" But then forgot all about it I have wanted to read it. Last year the kids and I read Ann Frank. So moving ! Very sad yet so educational.
Wow Hawaii enjoy your you time sounds wonderful!

[Lisa]

Kathy, So cool that you're going to Moloka'i. I'd LOVE to go there. In this non-fiction book there are some photos, which is cool. I haven't seen how many. But the cliff is definitely overwhelming.

I've read The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America and loved it, and have other Erik Larson books on my to-read shelf, which is why I'm eager to read In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin; that, and the subject matter, which greatly interests me.

I'm now off to check out Thunderstruck!

[Chrissie]

Kathy, that is tremendous that you will be visiting the islands this summer. that means soon!!! Enjoy. I remember when Laura read Moloka'i and wisited Hawaii. She piqued my interest!

[Chrissie]

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle is the book I just finished. All I can say is WOW - read this book!!! I adored it. Actually I have a lot more to say about this book and why it moved me so much. Here is my spoiler-free GR review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

And now I will startThe Oriental Wife. Why? I don't know. It just plain looks interesting. I am reading an egalley. I am a little worried how any book can possibly compare to the one I have just read?! This is what is so delightful with books. Each one is so different. Here we have two from Nuremberg, Germany, who meet up in the US and something from the past plays havoc with their future. What? I don't know. That is why I must read the book!

[Lauren]

Just started Remarkable Creatures so far I like it.

[Kristi]

Thank you to all who mentioned the notes for the book. I'm finding myself to be a literary idiot, at least as far as Russian literature goes.

I kept picking up The Master and Margarita, I'd read for a bit with my brain going "hunh" the whole time, and then I'd promptly fall asleep. Sad, I know, but true.

Anyways, I moved onto another book, because at the rate I was going I wasn't going to accomplish any reading this month. So, now I have my notes and hopefully it will make the reading easier to understand and more enjoyable to the less than literary intellectual. That would be me. :D

[Beth]

I am reading this,
i won it on firstreads awhile back...

[John]

I am having the worst luck with "bestsellers". I tried reading The Glass Castle and found it very fanciful; more believable as a novel than a memoir. Then I tried reading Ape House and after a great beginning I grew to hate it.

So I am going to try something more obscure, The Flying Carpet.

[Chrissie]

I didn't complete The Oriental Wife, but instead read I Married You for Happiness. I explain my views on this book in my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Now I will start The Forgotten Highlander. Everybody else is reading Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption but I am guessing that Urquhart's book is more to my taste. Both have the same subject matter. Both are memoirs. I also want to read The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. If I haven't had my fill by then I can read Unbroken. My husband got to The Forgotten Highlander before I did. He said I really should read it. He is an even pickier reader than me!

[[deleted user]]

I finished In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin last night. I have to write my review later because I don't have more than a few minutes right now. I gave it 5 stars because it was such an interesting lesson in history for me. Reading about the family was very interesting, although I never got past my dislike for the daughter. I haven't read other reviews yet and I am wondering if other people saw her as heroic as was suggested in the book.

[Tiziana]

Christine wrote: "I finished In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin[bookcover:In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin..."

Sounds like a good read and looking forward to review.

[Chrissie]

Christine, many readers do not like her......

[Beth]

I am now reading ... LOVED THE LAST 2, im sure i will love this one :) yay!! so sad its going to be over for me soon though!

[Lisa]

Beth wrote: "I am now reading ... LOVED THE LAST 2, im sure i will love this one :) yay!! so sad its going to be over for me soon though!"

I loved it, all 3 of them, especially the 1st book/the whole story, but this one has a different feel than the first two books, I thought. Hope you enjoy it, Beth.

[Beth]

Lisa wrote: "Beth wrote: "I am now reading ... LOVED THE LAST 2, im sure i will love this one :) yay!! so sad its going to be over for me soon though!"

I loved it, all 3 of them, ..."

thanks, i hope i do too, the first was my favorite by far!! im so far liking the 3rd more so than i did the the 2nd took me 5/6 chapters to get into it.

[Lauren]

I liked Remarkable Creatures it was interesting next up is The Musician's Daughter followed by Rescuing Seneca Crane

[[deleted user]]

I am thinking of starting The Story of Beautiful Girl .

[Kathy]

Christine wrote: "I am thinking of starting The Story of Beautiful Girl."

I'm really interested in this one, Christine. Do let me know what you're thinking about it as you are reading it, okay?

[Kathy]

Well, I was going to start The Things That Keep Us Here, but instead I am reading The Last Time I Saw You. It's about a 40th year high school reunion, and since I am helping to plan my 40th for next year, I thought it would be a good read. About halfway through, and it's pretty good so far.

[Hattie]

I'm reading Ptolemy's Gate, book #3 of the Bartimeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. A great choice if you enjoy reading about magic and the supernatural.

[Lianne]

I am currently reading Brad Meltzer's The Tenth Justice for a change of pace =) It's quite interesting so far, I enjoy the banter xD

[[deleted user]]

Shelley wrote: "I've just started my first Agatha Christie book - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd!"

I hope you enjoyed this Shelly! I'm a big Christie fan.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Jeanette, I really enjoyed it! Christie was so clever. Now, I'm reading The Catcher in the Rye - a blast from the past.

[[deleted user]]

I hope you'll read more Christie some day, too! I somehow missed Catcher in the Rye in high school. ;)

[Chrissie]

I am going to start The Free World. I have read intriguing reviews about the author's writing skills. His characters are said to be multi-layerd. I read a bit and was immediately hooked.

I just finished The Forgotten Highlander. It is a book that should be required reading for all. It does not cover an easy subject, but the book is clear and relates the facts in an unsentimental fashion. It is about the building of the "Death Railway" between Burma and Thailand, about the Japanese hellships of WW2, about the "Fat Man" of Nagasaki. It should be read b/c the Japanese deny the veracity of these events. It is an autobiography of one man who survived. What a man!

Oh and here is my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Susan]

I am currently reading Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy. I'm only a third of the way in and really enjoying it! It is my first Maeve book in years!!

[Lisa]

I needed a novel to read along with my current non-fiction book and I have about 6 I have to read asap so I started a Goodreads' group book for June and it's already got comfort read status, even though I'm only about 1/3 the way through it: Among Others by Jo Walton.

[Chrissie]

I am starting Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus. Well, to make a long story short, I was curious to know more about the Oedipus myth and Victoria Grossack, one of the authors wanted my opinion of her book. I must say I was flattered! I liked the bit of the excerpt I had read at Amazon, the reviews were very complimentary, even by my favorite, Kirkus, and on top of all this Victoria offered to lend me a Kindle copy for two weeks. I am really looking forward to reading this. This is my lucky week.

I need a good book after finishing The Free World. It disappointed me, although I was laughing at the lines in the beginning.....

My spoiler-free GR review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...