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[Heather]

Yes!! I am only 50 pages in and it's all I can think about-I want a snow day tomorrow so I can stay home and read all day!! Michael-your love of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societymade me read it. It was one of my favorite books of all times. So I'm hoping to feel that way about Book Thief, too. Thanks so much to BOTNS for bringing great books to my life!

Heather in KS

[Dottie]

Dottie wrote: "...My granddaughter was turned on to the book by a teacher who was a daughter of holocaust survivors and the teacher said the book had changed the way she thought about the world."

That sentence more than any of the other praise of this book has made me decide I should pick it up. I think I've been resisting it for several reasons but I've definitely changed my mind and will put it on the TBR.

[Michael]

Woo Hoo for all of The Book Thief love!

Conny, I loved Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, but I listened to the (abridged) audio. I think a lot of the financial stuff was taken out, which I think would have bogged me down.

[Shannon]

Hello! New to the group, but wanted to pop in and join the conversation. Just found the podcast and LOVE it! I purchased a Kindle a couple of weeks ago, and find it so convenient, I was out looking for book recommendations when I came across the podcast -- thanks for all the GREAT recommendations! My "save for later" list on my Kindle is so long, I think I have enough books piled for the rest of the year!!! Just finished last night -- it is a great read for anyone interested in Zombie or post-apocalyptic fiction. Just started , and have on my "nightstand'!!!

Happy to be a part of the conversation!
Shannon

[Michael]

Welcome Shannon... thanks for joining the conversation!

[Heather]

Ok, Michael you were right again. I LOVE LOVE LOVED The Book Thief. We had 20 inches of snow, so I was stuck inside reading. It was great! I'm going to have to read a cheesy chick lit novel to cleanse my palatte though. SO DEEP!!

[Zoran]

Started The Assassin's Song by M.G. Vassanji (hardcover)
and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (audiobook)

finished The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie (Audiobook--still digesting it, not sure whether I liked it or not)
also Brothers by Yu Hua--I recommend it, but beware the profanities

[Melissa]

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card - almost done with it then going on to Lost Women of the Bible. :) Totally different!

[Stephanie]

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Prince Caspian
The Book That Changed My Life
Persepolis 1

[Michael]

Heather... YAY! So glad you loved The Book Thief! I think I ended up reading a superhero graphic novel to cleanse my palate afterwards.

[Allison]

i'm currently reading Johnathon Strange & Mr. Norrell. It's such a long book, and it's written in such a slow style that I've been working on it since January! I really enjoy the story, it's just taking a while.

I'm also working on The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini. I'm only 3 chapters in, but it's pretty interesting thus far.

[Ann]

OK, Conny, sorry you didn't like Dragon Tattoo. Maybe you should take my recommendations as a list of books *not* to read :)

I loved 1000 White Women -- read it with a book group a few years ago. Do let me know what you think!

[Debbie]

I just finished listening to "Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold" by Terry Brooks. I am also reading "Mistborn - Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson and "Assassins Apprentice" by Robin Hobb. I finished reading "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman which was on my Kindle.

[Dottie]

Conny - I sympathize with you on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - although I enjoyed that one - but often wonder why everyone is praising something I find dull. But I spent the weekend reading the sequel to it - The Girl Who Played with Fire and while I found the writing rather ordinary and the book a bit overly detailed (do I need to know who got the veggie burger and who got the big mac to advance the story?), it is a page turner and it gives you the back story of Salander. Not sure it is out yet in this country - a friend who got it from the UK loaned it to me.

Dottie

[Ann]

Dottie, The Girl Who Played With Fire will be out in the US on 7/28. And page turner is certainly the right description. I loved it, and it left me eager to read the 3rd book, the last, in the series. Sadly, that won't be for quite some time.

[Stephanie]

I just finished Persepolis. I read it in less than an hour from start to finish (graphic novel, quick read).

Recommendation: Do not check this out of the library unless you can also pick up the sequel at the same time - you will want to start it right away!

I am now very curious about the movie - has anyone seen it?

Last night I started Poe's Children, which was mentioned on one of the podcasts. I read the first two stories, both deliciously disturbing.

[Ann]

Stephanie, I loved the film of PERSEPOLIS! Equally as powerful as the graphic novel, in my mind, perhaps because I needed the subtitles -- between reading the words and the animation, it was very close to the graphic novel experience. I highly recommend it.

HOwever, do be aware that the film covers the story from both Persepolis volumes, so if you are a stickler about reading the book before the movie, you should read #2 before seeing the film. I didn't realize it when we were watching the fim, and I hadn't yet read vol. 2, so I was surprised.

There is an edition out there called 'The Complete Persepolis" that contains both volumes in one book.

[Zoran]

Listening to The Book Thief and loving it so far!

If it's classified as for young adults, does that mean I can be a young adult again?

[Stephanie]

I have Persepolis 2 sitting on my shelf, waiting to be read! Then I will rent the DVD. I am really enjoying the other three books I am reading right now, so I am hesitant to start a fourth.

[Heather]

How would I ever get anything read without BOTNS?!?!? :) Ann- Fun Home A Family Tragicomic has been on my list FOREVER, but seeing you talk about it on Facebook made me go get it. I am so excited that I am actually reading a graphic novel! It's been fun to read so far. Very out of my box, but I love it!

[Ann]

Heather, that's terrific!
I'm on a mission to find some other graphic novels in a vein similar to Persepolis and Fun Home. I'll be sure to pass on what I discover!

[Katie]

Right now I'm reading a collection of essay's by food blogger Molly Wizenberg called "A Homemade Life", but I've decided to pick up another book so that I can savor this one!

So, I just plucked off the bookcase "The Geographer's Library" by Jon Fasman, purchased, I think, well over two years ago. If I put purchase dates on all of my books, I think I'd be quite ashamed of how long it takes me to get to them. Hey, I get distracted!

[Karen]

I just finished The Kite Runnerand felt it definitely lived up to everything people said about it - I loved it. I'm now reading Boundary Waterswhich is not of the caliber of KR, but fun because I've spent some time in that part of the country.

[Dottie]

Kate - I am slowly savoring a book of food essays - Best Food Writing 2002 - and finding it so reassuring to know that I am not the only one who buys cookbooks that I will never cook from just to read them. And reading lots of mystery books for my mystery book club in between essays. The best book I have read recently is one that will be published soon - Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie. Worth looking at when it shows up.

Dottie M.

[Jackie]

Dottie wrote: "Kate - I am slowly savoring a book of food essays - Best Food Writing 2002 - and finding it so reassuring to know that I am not the only one who buys cookbooks that I will never cook from just to r..."

Definitely check out her blog (orangette.blogspot.com)--it's a wonderful continuation of the book as well as full of fantastic pictures.

[Monique]

I am about to start The Gathering by Anne Enright.

[Alyssa]

I'm reading One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest. Heard good things!
Just finished I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb. That was certainly a nightstand book - I couldn't put it down! 900 pages in 3 or 4 days.

[Melissa]

I'm currently reading Lush Life. Then I'm on to Drood. CANNOT wait. I have Persepolis coming to me soon too!

[Libby]

I just started The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti. I'm enjoying it so far.

[Michael]

I hope you enjoy THE GOOD THIEF Libby! It's really wonderful!

[Libby]

Michael wrote: "I hope you enjoy THE GOOD THIEF Libby! It's really wonderful!"

I remember you recommending it a few months ago. I've been reading a lot of Angela Davis lately so I wanted a fun read.

[Savvy]

Michael,
I downloaded a *sample* to my Kindle 2 and am looking forward to giving it a go! I've heard many good reviews!

[Melissa]

I just finished reading Persepolis - it was wonderful - now I'm on Mr. Maybe, which is total chiclit but whatever, it's all I can handle right now. Then on to Persepolis 2!!

[Shannon]

Just finished Terminal Freeze -- I am a fan of Douglas Preston (a HUGE fan when he is writing with Lincoln Childs), but a bit disappointed with this one.... worth the read, but doesn't stay with you very long.... Had to read the new Star Wars book (Outcast -- Loved it!!!), and now back to a classic. I am reading Bleak House and am really enjoying it. I was able to get a "Complete Works of Dickens" for my Kindle for an ridiculously cheap price, so I will work my way through his stories in between other books.

Shannon

[Carla]

I am reading The Color of Water by James McBride and will also start Paths of Glory by Jeffery Archer.

[Dottie]

Currently reading Jane Hamilton's new book Laura Rider's Masterpiece which is quite a different book for her. This one is a comic novel about a woman who wants to write a romance book but who isn't actually a reader and decides the best way to find out what to write is to encourage her husband to have an affair and then watch what happens. I think it was inspired by a cruise in which Jane Hamilton was teaching people who wanted to write but who weren't readers. I believe she compared them to the swine the pearls were cast in front of.

Dottie M.

[Libby]

I finished The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti (thanks for the recommendation, Michael). It was a little darker and more violent than I expected, but a fun and quickly moving story. One of those you pick up and are amazed at how much you've read in a short time. Today I'm going to start "Flannery," by Brad Gooch, the bio of Flannery O'Connor.

[Melissa]

Persepolis 2 and The Help currently for me!!

[Carla]

I Feel Bad About My Neck And Other Thoughts On Being A Woman by Nora Ephron
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy

[Dottie]

Nightstand has a couple of books that deserve mention. Just finished The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. It is set in Seattle with most of the story being the remembrances of WWII and what was happening in the Japanese and Chinese communities at that time. I really liked it. And am just starting Mudbound by Hillary Jordan which starts off so well I want to ignore what I am supposed to be doing and just read.

Dottie M.

[Michael]

a warning Dottie... MUDBOUND starts, middles and finishes amazingly. Just take the day off and read!

[Dottie]

Michael - you are so right. It did and I pretty much did and finished it last night. Absolutely loved the writing. Am just starting Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese which looks to be another work interfering book.

dottie

[Michael]

I love the phrase "work-interfering book!"

We may steal that for a podcast topic!

[Zoran]

Anyone else read "The Kindly Ones" by Jonathan Littell? I'm about 300 pages through and having doubts about continuing. Too many German names and dry details, I was expecting better prose. Should I go on? Does it get better?
Zoran

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Dottie wrote: "Nightstand has a couple of books that deserve mention. Just finished The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. It is set in Seattle with most of the story being the remembrances ..."

I have Mudbound on my to-read shelf (based on BOTNS podcast recommendation!) and it looks like I'll have to move it up on the list. At my book group last night someone mentioned the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet so I'll have to pick that one up too...
.... I just installed (well, my husband installed) a new bigger bookshelf with 25 cubbyholes and I have two of them filled just with my to-be-read books (one fiction, one non-fiction). I totally believe that work interferes with my reading -- though it does help pay for the books :-)

[Libby]

I loved Mudbound. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more buzz. Most of my friends haven't even heard of it even though it won the Bellwether Prize. Hillary Jordan is so adept at making each character's voice unique.

[Sheryl]

Libby wrote: "I loved Mudbound. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more buzz. Most of my friends haven't even heard of it even though it won the Bellwether Prize. Hillary Jordan is so adept at making each charact..."

I loved Mudbound too~ It was a great book. Right now I'm reading "Murder...Suicide...Whatever..." it looks like a real hoot.

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Dottie wrote: "Nightstand has a couple of books that deserve mention. Just finished The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. It is set in Seattle with most of the story being the remembrances ..."

I just finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Absolutely fantastic. And it would definitely qualify as a work-interfering book because I snuck an extra few minutes into my lunch time to read just one more chapter.....

[Stephanie]

I just finished Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and thought it was incredible. Even though some parts were very difficult to read, what a lovely book and lovely story. You really fall in love with the characters, especially Juliet. Good recommendation guys!

[BJ]

I'm reading Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins. Somehow I missed it the first time around. Anyway, that's the great thing about reading, even if they never wrote another one ever, we'd all be set for life.

Anyway, it is a fantastic book. Use of language is incredible.