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[Lee, Mod Mama]

Chrissie, I finished The Last Great Dance on Earth yesterday and am torn between giving it a four or a five. I loved it!

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I'm reading A Wizard of Earthsea.

[Chrissie]

Lee wrote: "Chrissie, I finished The Last Great Dance on Earth yesterday and am torn between giving it a four or a five. I loved it!"

Lee, how could you wait to read the last of the trilogy?! I read one after the other and rated them together. They really should not be considered separate books, don't you think?

[Lee, Mod Mama]

You're right Chrissie. I don't know how I managed to stop after two thirds of the way through. The good news is that I was immediately immersed in the story again as soon as I picked up the last book.

[Chrissie]

Lee, that is wonderful that you could hop right in! I had to continue; I would have forgotten bits otherwise.

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I forgot who some of the secondary characters were but it didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying it.

[Chrissie]

Lee, nice! Don't you think the trilogy should be sold as a group. I think it is in fact, but then it costs more than if you purchase each novel separately. At least that is how it was when I bought them.

[Mikela]

Doubt it would be considered comfort reading but the start is interesting.Midnight's Children

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I was going to try to read two books at once (a lighter book to balance the heavy one) but I realized that I am not cut out for this. So for now I am committed to all those germs and the steel and also the guns I guess.

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Don't injure yourself, Christine!

[Chrissie]

Christine, be sure you put your armor on. Listen, I simply cannot read too books at the same time. For the same reason I canniot do audio books and a book at the same time. I have an audio to be tested on my computer. It has been there for more than two weeks and I haven't listened once. You are not alone. One book at a time is all I can manage. If it is bad, I want to finish it as soon as possible. If it is good, then I am certainly not going to pick up something else. And I know I would mix up the characters. Heaven forbid if there were Georges in both books!

[Manybooks]

Chrissie wrote: "Christine, be sure you put your armor on. Listen, I simply cannot read too books at the same time. For the same reason I canniot do audio books and a book at the same time. I have an audio to be te..."

At university, I sometimes had to read not only multiple books at once, but also books in different languages (for term papers quite often, it could get really distracting, especially if quoting).

[Sara]

Hi,
I reading " He liked Tuesdays best" polish bestseller The story of everyday life of John Paul II.
I think this could be interesting story because is wrote by his best friend and long associate Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki with journalist Brygida Grysiak.
The book speaks about an ordinary day of John Paul II in the Vatican,and why he liked Tuesdays…

See at http://jp2books.com


I highly recommend it!

[Beth]

I just started A turn in the road by Debbie Macomber! i hope its good! i love Debbie!

[Felicia]

Just finished and now I'm reading

[Lee, Mod Mama]

Late last night I picked up The Kitchen Daughter and didn't stop reading until I had finished it at 6am. I just couldn't put it down!

[[deleted user]]

Another one I'll have to bump up!

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I think you would like it Jeannette.

[Maude]

That looks so cute, Lee. I, too, want to read it!

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Lee wrote: "I think you would like it Jeannette."

Weird; it wasn't on my tbr list. But it is now. (Hi Maude!)

[Lee, Mod Mama]

I found it quite compelling. The main character is quite different. :-)

[Mikela]

Have put aside Midnight's Children for a little while and am now reading The Alchemist. Coelho's books are always so calming they are a pleasure to read.

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My daughter has been assigned The Alchemist for her Freshmen Honors English class. I might read it with her.

[Mikela]

It's a short read and so far am enjoying it immensely.

[John]

I am coming off reading a poor book, so I am looking forward to .

[Mikela]

Finished up The Alchemist, which I loved and just beginning Night.

[Lauren]

Just finished Graceling I liked it, it was a nice breath of fresh air. It maybe a while before I read the sequel though. Next up is going to be Petals on the Wind I vow to finish the Dollanganger series this summer. Book #2 is next and I requested book #3.

[Kim]

Chrissie wrote: "I simply cannot read too books at the same time. For the same reason I canniot do audio books and a book at the same time. I have an audio to be te..."

I used to not be able to read more than one book at a time. However, that changed when I started listening to audiobooks. Now I have the book on the iPod to listen to while commuting and the book to read in bed at night (or on other sit-down-and-only-read occcasions). It seemed odd at first, but now I'm used to it and I love it. My reading time seems to have tripled. I try to make them very different types of books (or else books in different languages), so there's no risk of mixing them up. Well, so that the risk of mixing them up is reduced, at any rate!

[Chrissie]

Kim, I have downloaded an audio to my computer to try to like audios, byt I simply cannot read a book and listen to an audio. I cannot listen to the audio when my husband and I are busy in the same room together. I haven't listened once! I am hopeless.

[Kim]

Chrissie wrote: "Kim, I have downloaded an audio to my computer to try to like audios, byt I simply cannot read a book and listen to an audio. I cannot listen to the audio when my husband and I are busy in the same..."

I never listen to audiobooks when I'm with anyone else, Chrissie, and I'm pretty sure that I couldn't just listen to one on the computer! I load them onto the iPod to listen to when I'm on my own in the car or going to and from work on the bus or train, and also when I'm on my own cooking or doing housework. I now listen to a book when I'm on my own instead of having music or the radio on in the background.

[Felicia]

Kim, where to do you get your audio books? My hubby is wanting to purchase some. Thanks!

[Chrissie]

KIm, I guess my life-style isn't conductive to audios.

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Lauren wrote: "Just finished Graceling I liked it, it was a nice breath of fresh air. It maybe a while before I read the sequel though. Next up is going to be Petals on the Wind I vow..."

No hurry on reading Fire (imo) because it is not as good as Graceling. The third book, Bitterblue, seems to be permanently stalled.

[Kim]

Felicia wrote: "Kim, where to do you get your audio books? My hubby is wanting to purchase some. Thanks!"

Felicia, we mostly get them as mp3 downloads from http://www.audible.com/ and http://www.audible.co.uk, which are Amazon companies. We subscribe, which involves buying "credits", which we use for the more expensive audiobooks. We buy cheaper audiobooks from the sites as well. There are a number of other commercial and non-commercial sites which we've also used. One of the free ones is http://librivox.org/ which has audiobooks of works which are in the public domain.

The one issue I have with audiobooks is that so much depends on the quality of the narrator. By and large, I'm not keen on non-professional narrators. I'd rather not listen to an audiobook at all than listen to one where the narrator's voice is "wrong" in some way. I'd prefer to pay for something really excellent. For example, the British actress Juliet Stevenson has recorded a number of Jane Austen novels and she is amazing to listen to. I've also listened to Jane Eyre read by the actress Amanda Root, who was in the 1995 film version of Persuasion. That was also fantastic.

[Kim]

Chrissie wrote: "KIm, I guess my life-style isn't conductive to audios."

I think that they best suit people who spend time on their own regularly, particularly time commuting. If I didn't do have to do that, I don't know that I would bother with them either!

[Felicia]

Kim wrote: "Felicia wrote: "Kim, where to do you get your audio books? My hubby is wanting to purchase some. Thanks!"

Felicia, we mostly get them as mp3 downloads from http://www.audible.com/ and http://ww..."

Thanks. That does help. He was thinking of subscribing to Amazon but it sounded like you had to pay $15 a month and you only received one book. So really your buying credits?

[Darkpool]

I also love listening to audiobooks while gardening and doing some types of housework.

[Kim]

Felicia wrote: "He was thinking of subscribing to Amazon but it sounded like you had to pay $15 a month and you only received one book. So really your buying credits? .."

That's right, Felicia. You get a credit for the subscription price, which you can use to buy a book which sells for much more than that. It's a bit of an extravagance, but it's been worth it for us. A lot of the ones we buy are for my mother, who has lost her sight through macular degeneration. She misses being able to read more than anything, so good quality audiobooks have been a godsend.

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Nothing. I am reading no thing. The stupid germs and guns book put me into a slump.

[[deleted user]]

I am reading The Invisible Man. It's an interesting story, a little different than I had expected, in a good way.

[Anne]

Jeannette wrote: "I am reading The Invisible Man. It's an interesting story, a little different than I had expected, in a good way."

That's on my TBR. Love to know what you think of the book when you're done.

[Manybooks]

Christine wrote: "Nothing. I am reading no thing. The stupid germs and guns book put me into a slump."

You need something funny or reread an all-time favourite, that always pulls me out of reading slumps (and other slumps). When I'm in a slump. I usually reread the Anne of Green Gables series or some of my favourite Mediaeval murder mysteries.

[[deleted user]]

Gundula,
I was thinking that a reread may be the best idea (You are smart like me!). Or maybe some of the lighter stuff that I have been saving.

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Anne wrote: "Jeannette wrote: "I am reading The Invisible Man. It's an interesting story, a little different than I had expected, in a good way."

That's on my TBR. Love to know what you think of..."

I hope to finish it this weekend, as I am in a Novella discussion group, and it is our current book. So far it is quite interesting. I'll post my thoughts when I've finished.

[Manybooks]

Christine wrote: "Gundula,
I was thinking that a reread may be the best idea (You are smart like me!). Or maybe some of the lighter stuff that I have been saving."

Thanks, great minds think alike. Or at least, we know what works or might work for us :-)

[Maude]

Christine, I would recommend The Valley of Decision - won the Pulitzer Prize. Great story which stills stands up - I would love to have your opinion once you read it. I think you can get cheap copies off of ABE.

[Anne]

Maude wrote: "Christine, I would recommend The Valley of Decision - won the Pulitzer Prize. Great story which stills stands up - I would love to have your opinion once you read it. I think you can get cheap co..."

by Marcia Davenport?

[Maude]

Anne, Yes the one by Marcia Davenport!

[Anne]

Oh, I think you mean the one by Edith Wharton. Never heard of that book by her.

[Anne]

Maude wrote: "Anne, Yes the one by Marcia Davenport!"

Okay. Edith Wharton's also won the pulitzer.