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What Book is Your Nose in Right Now? 2011
Jen, Gargoyle Prophecies is great not only because it is about gargoyles, which I agree we do not have nearly enough of, but because you never know exactly what is going on. The plot is not easy to figure out, and you think you have it - then it suddenly changes on you. I have read it a couple of times now, and I still love it!!
Amy, it sounds good. I'm bored with predictable lately. It seems so many books have the same plot. I can't wait to pick up this series! I'm actually going to see, right now, if my library has it.
You will have to let me know what you think of it!!
Dara, that Night Road by Kristin Hannah has been on my TBR for awhile. What did you think of it?I've only read one book by Jodi Piccoult and it wasn't my fav so I've kind of steered clear of her books. I hear most are pretty good, but I also know that most of her books have some kind of evil twist so I it makes me wary. I don't read books that are sad, often. I like books to cheer me up. :D
I'm reading an The Last Little Blue Envelope arc, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales and Those That Wake
I really want to read Grimm's Fairy Tales! So often I pick it up in a book shop then put it back in favour of something else...I will buy it one day!Just about to start reading Half of a Yellow Sun.
Melanie wrote: "I really want to read Grimm's Fairy Tales! So often I pick it up in a book shop then put it back in favour of something else...I will buy it one day!Just about to start reading [book:Half of a ..."
oh i bought the Grimm's Fairy Tales a while ago - havent read it yet though. looking forward to reading their versions of the well-known and beloved fairy tales from my childhood :)
Melanie wrote: "I really want to read Grimm's Fairy Tales! So often I pick it up in a book shop then put it back in favour of something else...I will buy it one day!Just about to start reading [book:Half of a ..."
mine is an audiobook. I got it from booksshouldbefree.com
Stray wrote: "mine is an audiobook. I got it from booksshouldbefree.com" Thanks for the link! Definitely easier than hefting around the actual book!
Ooooo, I'd like to read that one too. I've heard of the Grim Fairytales for so long and I'd like to see how they wrote them.
@ Stacy - I've heard good things about JR Ward. I've never read anything by her though. What do you think of that series?
Jen, I have never cried so hard reading a book in my life. It was awesome and something I could so relate to as a mother. But even if you don't have children I think you would be able to relate, it is afterall about being a senior in high school and making immature decisions that can change/effect your entire life.About JP, there are a couple that if I had read them first I wouldn't have read any more, but this one is amazing!! I can't put it down. In one week I have read over 700 pages between this book and Night Road. Give Jodi another try...try Nineteen Minutes and My Sister's Keeper. Those were my favorites. I love how she gets you into every character's head. How they each feel, from their own perspective. Most people aren't able to look at situations objectively, especially when they have a personal stake.
Dara, I think I'll have to pick up Night Road. I do have 2 girls and those kind of books really hit me hard. It sounds really really good. As for JP, I may give her a try again. One of my sisters has all of her books so I'll borrow rather than buy and see what I think. Thanks for the prompt. Sometimes, that is just what I need.
I understand what you mean Jen. Sometimes I pick up a book and I can tell it is something I would normally like but just can't get into it right then. But give JP a try...I think you will like Nineteen Minutes, The Pact, My Sister's Keeper. Keep me posted!
For anyone who is hesitant to read Jodi Picoult-do. She is an amazing writer. Her books are very sad, but make you think. I thing "My Sister's Keeper" was the best one. I know a lot of people avoid sad books and avoided her for years, but believe me, it's worth it.
I agree Barbara...I don't mind a good cry and I love the messages she sends in her books. Her ability to present all sides of an issue is amazing. It is easy to sit back and judge a kid who shoots up his school and his parents for not seeing that he was capable of it, but it isn't so easy to see things from their perspective...that is what she gives us.
And I agree with you Dara. I think her greatest strength is that she can express all the different points of view, which most of us wouldn't even think of unless we were in that position. In spite of myself, I usually have an opnion about the protangonist pretty early which is always changed by the end. Nineteen minutes was amazing. Have you read all of her books? I haven't read the new one yet, but I have it on reserve at the library.
am currently reading
... bit hard going at times but looking forward to the closure at the end as this is the last of the series.
It amazes me how this group used to be all the rage, and this is the first time this topic has been updated since April!!
haha didnt even realise that! I contribute as much as possible to group discussions but I guess I have been doing that more often to some of the other groups that I have joined and neglected this one... Whoops!
Not your fault. The group just sort of lost its flame, ya know? Everything is IN, and then its not necessarily OUT, but we find other things that appeal to us more.
I'm currently reading "Killing Floor" by Lee Child, and "Consequence" by Hazel Statham :) and a few others, but I don't remember their names right now :)
on page 384/662 in
will be done with it tmr :)
I'm reading:In paper back from the library, The Firm My first by him after all this time despite hearing so many good things about him so lets see how it goes.
I'm also reading on kindle- A Child al Confino: The True Story of a Jewish Boy and His Mother in Mussolini’s Italy which is a different take on WW2 and the Holocaust period. Its very distressing as is the period in which it covers but I am still nonetheless enjoying it, its a fantastic read and such a different take on a well known story, it covers jews in Italy as opposed to jews in Germany. Brilliant!
for my face-2-face bookclub [i have barely started so i cannot really say my nose is in it, but hopefully i can knock out a few pages at the gym after work). . . finished and really enjoyed!
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" // " represents where a new month was. graceling was the last book of july.
over halfway done with The Strange Power, The Possessed, The Passion and absolutely loving it! it reminds me of the Darkest Powers Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong, which is one of my favorite series ever, so yea!
this book is so good I just cant stop reading I have laughed out lourd several times.
I'm diving in to Baby be mine by Eve Gaddy
Just started an old Robert Parker book called Dream girl.
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@ Peanut - I'm not a huge Fallen fan, but I'm glad you like it. I am, however, a huge Graveyard Book fan. It's a Juvinile book, so remember that when reading it, but I loved the thought process behind it.
@Amy - I've just added it to my TBR! I'm very excited, there aren't many gargoyle books out and I'm always looking for a new fantasy series. Thx!