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message 4951: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (thenightowl) OMG (G) EMMA, YOU HAVEN'T READ HARRY POTTER?!!




message 4952: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Exactly.

Ahem.

BUT I WILL.

Because they are making me.

Ahem.


message 4953: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Soon.

I.

Promise.

After:

Suite Scarlett
The Hobbit
Devilish
Pride and Prejudice

THEN Harry Potter.




message 4954: by Lisa (new)

Lisa | 437 comments I finished Dracula last night. I enjoyed it much more than I expected. Much better than Frankenstein which I read in October.

Now I'm reading A Creed for the Third Millenium by Colleen McCullough. It seems good so far. I loved her series about Julius Cesear, so am working my way through her other books.


message 4955: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) OMG Gemma. Gemma Gemma Gemma!

<<<>>>


message 4956: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments God, I shouldn't have told you guys.

:)

I WILL THIS MONTH.


message 4957: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (thenightowl) LOL...(G)Emma I was only j/k....BUT you really should read it especially since you got soooo many of us reading AGATB. Plus I think you will really enjoy it since you seem to prefer YA.


message 4958: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Emma, I hadn't read them either and jsut didn't care about them. But about a year and a half ago I was thinking, what is all the fuss about. let's check out...and I liked them and read two or three of them. They aren't bad.


message 4959: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments :)

Fair enough.

Does that mean if I read the ENTIRE series ALL of you have to read the ENTIRE Gemma Doyle Trilogy?

Because I can do that.


message 4960: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (thenightowl) Hahaha...YUP!

I own 2 now I have to get the 3rd one in the series and actually read them.


message 4961: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Ouch Emma, you have us tightly!!!!


message 4962: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments READ.

READ.

READ.

Alright then. DONE!

But it might be awhile before I read the entire series.

But I will. As long as you guys read the entire series.



message 4963: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Fiona, HOW DARE YOU!

But then again, how dare I not read HP?

Fair enough.



message 4964: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) OMG Gemma, I think Fiona has you on this one. I thought the whole TH and LotR was bad, but HP too? HP too Gemma?

<<<>>>


message 4965: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments She does.

She does.

I WILL DO IT.

But you all have to read TGDT too.

:D I love making deals. DONE DONE AND DONE.


message 4966: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments hmm, Emma I guess we will just have to support each other..they aren't bad...:-))) try one....


message 4967: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) I finished I Capture the Castle! It was terrific.

Now...EXTREMELY LOUD or EDGAR SAWTELLE? THAT is the question.


message 4968: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments :D Done Jeane.

Ooo, YES WE WILL Fiona. Oh yes, we will.

MUAHAHAHA!


message 4969: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Thatlooks like a great picture!!! if now I would know how you all look, it would be really realistic..I had a kind of western saloon image in my head...


message 4970: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (thenightowl) I can picture Emma's emu pecking someone's eye out.


message 4971: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments LOL Jeane!

No HP, but I will add that book into my to-reads.

Yes yes, I will read HP.

You guys, PLUS my YA for Obama friends will be reminding me until I do. All of you make a great team. :P


message 4972: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) OK Fiona. My, that was quick! Has anyone ever read Barbara Pym? Someone is comparing her Excellent Women to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which may remain in my Top 5 all time list forever.


message 4973: by Christy (new)

Christy | 181 comments I understand Emma, I put off reading Harry Potter forever (just read them all this year actually). I was just never interested and really didn't understand what all the hype was about. Let me tell you, though, I LOVED that series. It was really cool to be able to read them all back to back since they were all out. After I finished the last book, I literally could not read anything else for about 3 weeks because I wasn't over it.


message 4974: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Wow Christy! Thanks for the advice!

OMG ROMOLA GARAI!

I actually haven't seen her act, but she is my perfect-

Hold on, I'm not telling you until you read The Gemma Doyle Trilogy.


message 4975: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Hihi Fiona, you just keep making me laugh!!!!


message 4976: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) I just saw the preview, and it looks like they kept pretty true to the book. OK, I will Fiona!


message 4977: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Fiona, fangirling is fine. I do it all the time! :P

Oh, I've seen her in Gemma Doyle youtube fan videos, and she FANTASTIC. I really need to see Atonement. And I kind of want to watch Daniel Deronda (most of the clips from her work in the youtube videos are from that miniseries).


message 4978: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) OK, not that we're really all talking together. BUT we are all here at the same time - Italy, Canada, England and USA!

WOOT!


message 4979: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) It's like the TNBBC Olympics!




message 4980: by Emma (last edited Nov 07, 2008 01:43PM) (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments :D

I LOVE the internet.

I would've never been able to meet all you awesome, fantastic and amazingly cool people without it.


message 4981: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) Ahem. As you were.


message 4982: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) So true, GEmma!


message 4983: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments :D

And I love Lori for creating this group.

GO LORI!




message 4984: by Laura (new)

Laura (apenandzen) WOOT LORI WOOT


message 4985: by Anya (new)

Anya I am currently reading The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall. I am nearing the end so I should probably start scouring my shelves for a new (and still unread) book. :-) Since the weekend promises to be rather grey and windy, I think I am going to go with some sappy romance thing. ;-)

And BTW... Hellooooo everyone! :-D


message 4986: by Jackie (new)

Jackie (thenightowl) Hi Anya, how are you enjoying The Russian Concubine? It's on my TBR list.


message 4987: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments yes we are all together at the same time and I am going to bed now, so no more psots!! :-9

Fiona, shut up! :-)


message 4988: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments That's why you ahve to shut up!!! Iam yawning constantly adn the computer or internet actually is soooo slow.... bedie come here. And do you notice what and how I am writing??? i called you Giona!


message 4989: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Bye Jeane!

Hahha Fiona.

Have you seen The Duchess? I was BAWLING.


message 4990: by Anya (new)

Anya Thanks for the compliment Fiona! :-D You can add another corner to that world of yours. I am from Belgium. :-)

Jackie, I can certainly recommend The Russian Concubine. Furnivall's writing style is one of a kind. It is quite detailed, really paints pictures in your head. The plot is a bit surreal, but eh... *shrugs* Sometimes you just need to read about an impossible romance.


message 4991: by MrsZ (new)

MrsZ | 4 comments I just started reading Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson. Has anyone read it? What's your opinion? It is starting out a bit differently than I thought.


message 4992: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Fiona, I am wearing lenses and tey kind of get dry towards midnight and while sitting in front of the computer.... I can't believe you are able to keep me here!!!!!!

Anya...I am from belgium too,e ven if I am staying in my lovely, beautiful, lovely, wonderful, great Italy.....

stay awake stay awake...Fiona, can I wake you up at 8.25 tomorrow morning, I will ahve so much energy then!!!!


message 4993: by Jeane (new)

Jeane (icegini) | 4891 comments Fiona, are you faster than the light?????


message 4994: by Anya (new)

Anya It took me quite a while to start reading TRC. I picked up a copy when I was in Rome earlier this year, but didn't feel like *cracking the spine* until five days ago. Have had trouble putting the book down ever since! There is just something about reading sappy romances when work sucks and the weather doesn't cooperate. :-)

Jeane is from Belgium too?? Cool! And she is in Italy now! Ah, I so envy her!!


message 4995: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Sleep is for people who AREN'T goodreads addicts!


message 4996: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments (Gunpointing time).

Please please please stay up Jeane.

We want to talk to you!

We want you to read the next chapter of our story because we're BAD BAD spammers!


message 4997: by Emma (new)

Emma  Blue (litlover) | 2389 comments Not you.

Me.

BAD (G)EMMA! BAD!


message 4998: by Catherine (new)

Catherine | 175 comments Lisa: I love Dracula and Frankenstein, but I think since I've read the latter for class a few times, I've gotten more out of it than Dracula. I really should re-read it now that I'm older (I think I read it at 12).


message 4999: by Charity (new)

Charity (charityross) My Movie Business: A Memoir by John Irving


message 5000: by Lori, Super Mod (new)

Lori (tnbbc) | 10621 comments Mod
Catherine/ Valerie....
Motherless Brooklyn was a great read! Logan (if he were hear) would totally back me up on this one! I want to read more by this author, just havent found any of his books in the stores yet.... Totally worth picking up!


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