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What are you currently reading?
Yup, Lloyd, I'd say if you are looking for fulfilling entertainment, The Book Thief is way up on my list. I'd even go as far as to say one of the best books I've read in... well, a very long time!
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Yay Vered!
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Not that impressed with it still. It's an ok read, but all I kept thinking was "when will this book end." It felt so longs and it ju..."
I think I will stick with my earlier decision to skip it - sorry David!
Heidi (awesome group member) wrote: "Bluemoon wrote: "Just finished...Not that impressed with it still. It's an ok read, but all I kept thinking was "when will this book end." It felt s..."
Your call!
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Right now I'm almost done with:
It's pretty good. Light, fun reading. :)
And I need to get back to:
P.S. To all you Angelfall fans, Susan Ee is doing a Q&A on Goodreads! So if you have any questions for her, you can ask them in this group. :D
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Right now I'm almost done with:
It's pretty good. Light, fun..."
My only question to her (Susan) is when the hell book two is coming out!
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Hi everyone! It's been quite a while: But I recently finished:
and it was awesome. It's LDS fiction, so probably not many of you are terribly interested in reading it, but it was fantastic :D I also recently read
, the second Legend book, and it was flippin' fantastic. And then I read
and thought that it was positively terrible. Gah. Hated it. but I had to read it for English (Why? WHY? WHYYYYY?) Now I'm reading
,
, and
I've been reading Necromancing the Stone for a while, and I just can't seem to get into it like I did the others. Crossed is an easy, light read and I don't hate it. A Monster Calls is freakin awesome.
Heidi (awesome group member) wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Hmmm. I might still read it, but it's not that high on my priorities list. Right now I'm almost done with:
[bookcover:Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula|176..."
Hahaha! Yes, it's my only question too, and the answer should be 6 months ago!
Seth wrote: "Hi everyone! It's been quite a while: But I recently finished: and it was awesome. It's LDS fiction, so probably not many of you are terribly ..."Ooh A Monster Calls is sooo good!
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Ditto to what they all said about A Monster Calls!!!
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Hahaha, I'm sure a lot of people are asking that question. XD (Also, I think it's coming out on October 10th.)"Good grief! That is one long wait between books!
I finished up
and liked it overall! But then I love sci-fi and alien takeover apocalypses! ;-PNow re-reading
and just started the audio of
Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Hmmm. I might still read it, but it's not that high on my priorities list. Right now I'm almost done with:
It's pretty good. Light, fun..."
I love the Cassidy Jones series! The 3rd one just came out.
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Enjoy Bluemoon. Good book! I think I'll get to book 3 soon.
Bluemoon wrote: "just started reading...
I love the first book and I know I'm going to enjoy reading this too, but I don't know if I can handle the stress of the ending. WAAAAA!!..."
Ooh I have that on my Kindle, I'll read soon!!
Ooh now you're tempting me! Gotta finish a beta read and a buddy read first!
Ooh now you're tempting me! Gotta finish a beta read and a buddy read first!
I have just finished a shade of vampire by Bella Forrest and loved it, it was not at all like I expected.
Nearly half way through
haven't had much time to take much notice of it being I'm a new mum of a 5 month old :) so I only get to read for 45mins when he is asleep but so far I'm liking it although Mclean does ramble on a bit about descriptions etc.
Started reading
. Not quite the book I expected to find myself into right now, but I'm just going with it.I also used an iTunes gift certificate my sister got me for my birthday last night to buy the Locke & Key digital comics (which were on sale until through today). I've read the first four volumes, but like them so much I know I'll re-read them. So I started my re-read of those last night with
. This is probably the best horror comic I've read in decades. And it's been even better the 2nd time around. (Can't wait to get to the "new" stuff!)
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Pragya and Emma I haven't heard of any of your reads!
David you haven't read Rot & Ruin??
Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "What is Pure about Karen??"It's 9 years after nuclear bombs went off and the Pures refer to those who survived intact from the fallout inside the "dome". Those who survived but who were outside the dome are the "wretched". The descriptions of the wretched are horrifying! They're "fused" with items they were holding, or next to, including each other. The pure MC has just escaped from the dome. I'm about a third in. The narrators are good.
Bluemoon wrote: "just started reading...I love the first book and I know I'm going to enjoy reading this too, but I don't know if I can handle the stress of the ending. WAAAAA!!..."
Bluemoon!! Heheheh.. I can't believe you peeked at the ending!
Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Rani I tried one Dessen book awhile back and don't think she is for me - are you a fan? Pragya and Emma I haven't heard of any of your reads!
David you haven't read Rot & Ruin??"
Of course I have ;) Blue was referring to the sequel, I still have to read that one!
Bluemoon wrote: "PRAGYA: I thought that was Simon Cowell on the book, at first glance. I think I've been watching to much X factor. hahaha..."Ha ha, Bluemoon. Yeah, I guess you probably overdid the X factor viewing. :)
Heidi,
wasn't much good to write home about so it's just as well you haven't heard of it.
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It was pretty good. Kind of middle-grade for my taste I think, but it was still a fun read.
I'm getting more into:
Not really sure where it's going, but it's been getting a lot better as it goes along!
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Pragya and Emma I haven't heard of any of your reads!
David you have..."
Oh I see. The second book was awesome :)
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It's 9 years after nuclear bombs went off and the Pures refer to those who survived intact from the fallout inside the "dome". Tho..."
Sounds interesting - let me know if you think I would like it when you are done please!
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Ha ha, Bluemoon. Yeah, I guess you probably overdid t..."
Good to know! Skipping it!
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Fire Country *squee*)
Aww yay! I'm so glad you'll get some books you've been looking forward to with the gift card ;) Maybe we could read it together too!! And thank you so much for all the support, I literally get teary-eyed when I think about what you all have done for me :)
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Ooooo yay! Maybe I can actually participate in a buddy read for once! I always feel so left out in your group since I either already read the buddy reads or don't plan on reading them (at least not yet)!!
I always hope you'll participate, we'll have to find more that fit with your book list since we like a lot of the same ones too :)
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. And I still have a little left for Flesh & Bone - yay! Thanks again David!
Lol yayyyy!! You're so welcome :) You're as deserving a member as I could ever think of to win member of the month!!! Enjoy ;)
So I'm not only working on
and
, but I also started rereading another long-time favorite illustrated science fiction story,
in anticipation of my recent Amazon purchase of
. This story has stuck with me for 30 years and is still just as great to this very day.Oh yeah, all you Chaos Walking fans checked this out?
www.chaoswalkingstories.com
There is a link where they will email you the new short stories offered in the latest printings of the books. One is The New World that was already offered via Amazon Kindle, but there are two other ones I can't wait to read! Only downside (for me) is that they have to be read on-line and I can't put them on my Kindle.
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I signed up for them thinking they'd send me the downloadable shorts and was disappointed when I saw it was online only. I haven't read them, I lost interest because it was only online.
No Heidi not really a fan but some of her books are good.
Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Double squee! I nearly forgot to use some of my gift card to buy Vered's second Dragon & Myth book. That has since been rectified with my purchase of . And I sti...":-) Thanks, Heidi! Enjoy (crosses fingers nervously)
I'm working through a book a local writer gave me to read - it's not up on Goodreads, I'll have to tell him to get on! It's about 5 youth caught up in tribal clashes. Based on real events. Fascinating in a horrific sort of way.
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I won't give up entirely on YA. And yes, Heidi, I will eventually read The Book Thief. :)